Beer Baron

steve is on drugs. there was no factory HIDs in the N1 lights. they are a normal reflector headlight. lol. "strange type". yes very strange!

haha, I bought one for a stupid reason. some numpty had damaged one of the two bleeders on the top of it, and then just decided to plug up the hole. It wasn't a problem as I'd never even used those bleeders before, but when one came up dirt cheap I took it!

my 32 GTR does this too. only after hard driving, or driving at the track. the rear washer jet leaks out water all over the rear screen. I haven't driven the car for ages so I haven't looked into it but I have NFI why it started happening, it never used to do it. farken annoying too.

yummy! very nice set-up mate. should be farken awesome. edit: please get rid of those nasty coil-overs though...

for sure Richards' unite. they haven't called me yet but I'm sitting by the phone just in case.

ya fcker. I was the same. I read it and thought "dammit, but I like grey GTRs... "

spencer and I use his navara STR turbo diesel. it is awesome to tow with. it's a 4 door with 5 usable seats, has a hard top for the tray (down side is limits storage badly, upside is it locks) and has towed the GT3 cup car, my GTR, his group NC Alfa and dozens and dozens of others over the last couple of years. it even fit my big ass sony LCD tv in the back (just!). also being turbo diesel we cranked up the boost a bit and got a chip for it too. goes pretty well now but fuel consumption is not exactly stellar. but it can tow at a pretty rapid pace easy well past 110. chirps seconds too.

kubica ftw kimi 2nd webber 3rd cans for everyone. you know my logic is flawless.

lol. current GTR engine is not an RB26 mate. it's a VR38DETT. lingeringsouls point is that they are using something else all together. I can't remember exactly what it is but I believe is a non-turbo V8 of come kind. mate it's a GTR it has very little relevance to a road going R35 GTR. about the only thing they share is basic shape and the roof.

yeah father and son own it. they were pretty good, but I don't like anywhere with a laser alingment machine. very hard to get repeatable results imo. now adays I either do it myself with string or take it to heasmans. bit of a mission, but worth it.

sorry Chris, I was thinking just to do 2 calipers. you want something like this:

yeah $500 is a bit harsh. I think I bought my last one for about $100.

fark here we go again. it's been on the bloody list for nearly 3 months. anyone with big enough balls and money behind it could have (has) imported their test car by now and is already getting their evidence together. there is more than one group in this boat right now.

for sure. it is importers and enthusiasts like us that have created nissan's formidable reputation as a performance car brand in australia. think of how many porsche owners have been passed on the straight by a tuned 32 GTR who now think, yeah there is something to these bloody nissans. they certainly haven't built any performance credibility with pulsars, patrols, maximas and 350zs...

yeah, definitely a risk. I wasn't saying definitely buy one, it was just the first example that popped into my head of a desirable car that cannot be imported by another means for road use (ie not pre 89, not SEVS elligible, not imported in full volume). I know NSX has been a successful one for other personal importers.

yeah it's hard to say what it would be worth. there were only 3 or 5 in aus to begin with, and I think at the time none could be road registered. since then I think one or two have come in as personal imports or possibly race use only. very collectible car for sure.

yeah, my point is from here on in you may as well do 1 per year. just buy cars you enjoy then send them back after a year. I would aim to recoup your money every time (that way you have a free car all the time) and if you make a profit, it's a bonus. if the car is purely for the profit then start looking into something special/rare. one of those 22B WRXs would be a winner for sure. yes, you can take out what is called general average insurance. this will pay out if the ship sinks with your car on it, and will also cover your share of the salvage cost. if a ship sinks with your car on it, not only will you lose the car, but you are also liable for a share of the salvage operation. general average protects you against that, but to be honest I wouldn't bother unless it's very cheap. not very often that car carriers go down. and the only shipping insurance I've had the displeasure of dealing with was not worth the paper it was written on.

well sometimes even if they are not leaking the dust boots may be shot, so it will fix that. it's really just good preventative maintenence if you are doing it even though there is no real problem. also, you are a handy guy, maybe have a crack at it yourself. and rebuilt kit should only be $100 max for nissan sumitomo calipers. includes dust boots, dust boot rings and piston seals.

well with their exorbitant ticket prices they probably still turn a nice profit!

1. no export tax 2. no they wont. the australian government will for importing it though. 3. you wont need to pay LCT on a 3.5m car. pretty much anything under about 4.5m will be beneath the LCT threshold. 4. you will need to have the VIAs filled out and have it engineer inspected and blue slipped. Hard to say what if anything will need to be changed (most likely nothing). That will cost about $500-$600. then in NSW you have greenslip at about $450, rego at $250 and stamp duty at 3% of the value of the car. 5. Mitsui OSK line is good. NYK line is also good. in fact really the only line i've had trouble with is kiwi car carriers. they couldn't organise a root in a brothel. 6. I wouldn't stress about it too much. yes it can be a problem at some ports but it's not as big a deal as some people will make out. no they won't respect the merc any more than anything else. unlikely they will pinch the navi or anything for that matter but yes there is a small risk. wharf security is generally tighter these days (result of world terrorist threats) and a side effect of this is decreased theft too. 7. you can't. I mean don't leave obvious easily stealable stuff in place. that's about it. 8. i'm still not convinced it's the best choice if you are buying purely for export. I would reccomend just buy a car you want to own and drive. then after a year is up export it back. rinse, repeat, enjoy.

yep, just make a new ground (or 2) in the boot.

next time scratch him back. grrrrrrr.

look nice mate. just make sure you get it well checked out. there is a touch of fabrication in the ad. $6000 work emotion CR kai? lol. $700 apexi pods? double lol.

the weird thing is the story in the telegraph is completely different to the one online at smh. in the DT story the bloke was driving and the girl was a passenger, and he didn't slip away whilst they were arresting the female, he apparently confonted them with a knife and somehow overpowered them and took their paddywagon.

I'm keen but would love to know who are the instructors? and what is the spec of the cars?